Curriculum Vitae - Prof. Dr. Sven Hammerschmidt
Geboren
| am 08.02.1966 in Wolfenbüttel |
Akademische Laufbahn
| ab 7/2008 | Professur (W3) für „Allgemeine und Molekulare Genetik“, Interfakultäres Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Abteilung Genetik der Mikroorganismen, Universität Greifswald |
| 4/2007-6/2008 | Professur (W2) für zelluläre Mikrobiologie am Max von Pettenkofer Institut, Bakteriologie (Direktor: Prof. Dr. Dr. J. Heesemann) Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München |
| 2004 | Umhabilitation an die Universität Würzburg,Lehrbefugnis für das Fachgebiet Mikrobiologie |
| 4/2003-3/2007 | Nachwuchsgruppenleiter am Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Universität Würzburg (Sprecher: Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. J. Hacker) |
| 6/2002 | Habilitation; „Venia Legendi“ für Mikrobiologie an der TU Braunschweig |
| 1998 und 1999 | Forschungsaufenthalte an der Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (BMBF/WTZ Projekt) |
| 1/1996-3/2003 | Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter an der Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung GmbH (heutige Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektiosnforschung, HZI), Abteilung Mikrobielle Pathogenität (Leiter: Prof. Dr. G.S. Chhatwal) |
| 5/1996 | Erlangung des Doktorgrades (Dr. rer. nat.) an der Universität Hannover |
| 2/1993-12/1995 | Promotionsarbeit an Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie (Betreuer: Prof. Dr. M. Frosch) |
| 1992-1993 | Diplomarbeit an der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Diplom-Biologe |
| 1987-1993 | Studium der Biologie an der Technischen Universität Braunschweig |
Scientific career
| since 7/2008 | Full Professor (W3) for “General and Molecular Genetics”, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany |
| 4/2007-6/2008 | Professor (W2) for “Cellular Microbiology”, Max von Pettenkofer Institute, LMU München, Germany |
| 2004 | (re-)Habilitation at the University of Würzburg, lecturer for Microbiology |
| 2003-4/2007 | Head Junior Research Group at the Research Center for Infectious Diseases at the University of Würzburg, Germany |
| 2002 | Habilitation at the Technical University of Braunschweig. Venia legendi for Microbiology |
| 1996-2003 | Post-Doc at the German Centre for Biotechnology mbH (renamed into Helmholtz Center for Infection Research), Braunschweig, Germany |
| 1993-1995 | PhD thesis at the Institute for Medical Microbiology, Medical School Hannover, Germany; Dr. rer.nat (May 1996) |
| 1987-1993 | Study of Biology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany |
Awards and Honors
| 2007 | Becton-Dickinson-Forschungspreis |
| 1998 | Robert-Koch-Preis für Postdoktoranden für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie |
| 1997 | ASM Sustaining Member Student Travel Grant |
Editorial Work and other Functions
| since 2023 | Section Editor Journal Innate Immunity |
| 2022 | Organizer of 2nd Summer School “Infection Biology”, 26-28 Sept. 2022 in Greifswald, Germany |
| 2022 | Organizing committee of the One Health Conference 2022 in Greifswald |
| since 2020 | Elected member of the German Research Foundation (DFG) Review board 204 (Microbiology, Virology, Immunology) |
| 2019 | Organizer of the 14th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus (Europneumo) in Greifswald (June 11-14, 2019 hosted by the University of Greifswald, Germany). |
| 2019-2023 | Vice-President of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM) |
| 2017-2021 | Coordinator of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state excellence project “KoInfekt: Deciphering the pathomechanisms of bacto-viral co-infections with novel biomedical models” (14 partners) |
| since 2017 | Editorial Board Member International Journal of Medical Microbiology (IJMM) |
| 2017-2023 | Spokesperson of the Section Biology University of Greifswald, Germany |
| 2017 | Organizer 1st International Conference on Respiratory Pathogens, 1-3 Nov. 2017 in Rostock, Germany |
| 2017 | Invited guest Frontiers in Microbiology “Bacterial Colonization: Bystander Microbiota or the Initial Step of Chronic Disease” |
| 2016-2023 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) Leibniz Research Center Borstel, since 2021 spokesperson of the SAB |
| 2016 | Organizer of 1st Summer School “Infection Biology”, 28-30 Sept. 2016 in Greifswald, Germany |
| 2014-2019 | Spokesman of the DFG-RTG1870 ‘Bacterial Respiratory Infections – Common and Specific Mechanisms of Pathogen Adaptation and Immune Defense’ |
| 2013 | Scientific committee member of the DGHM in Rostock |
| since 2011 | Editorial Board Member Infection and Immunity |
| since 2011 | Editorial Board Member Frontiers in Molecular Innate Immunity |
| since 2010 | Associate Editor Molecular Oral Microbiology |
| since 2009 | Editor Journal Microbes and Infection |
| 2009 | Scientific committee member of the 9th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus; Bern, Switzerland |
| 2007 | Scientific committee member of the 8th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus; Oeiras, Portugal |
| 2005 | Organizer (Chairman) of the 7th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus; Braunschweig, Germany |
| 2004 | Co-Organizer of the "International Symposium THREAT OF INFECTION: Microbes of high pathogenic potential - strategies for detection, control and eradication. Würzburg July 25th – 28th , Germany |
| 2002 | Member of the Scientific Committee of the IV Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases in Goa, India |
Memberships
| Elected Member of the Senate of the University of Greifswald |
| Membership German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology – DGHM |
| Membership Association for General and Applied Microbiology – VAAM |
| Membership American Society for Microbiology – ASM |
| Membership Robert-Koch-Stiftung |
| Member of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. |